Easy to learn and teach

Child-centered curriculum

Affordable

Software for independent learning

Non-consumable products

First, it should be easy to learn and teach, not overly complicated with education lingo.
Our program is explicit, sequential, and structured from simple to advanced concepts that can be taught to any age group. The manuals use detailed instruction to minimize preparation time, and it allows for flexibility and individual learning styles.

Second, the curriculum should be there to serve the parent.
Our program is designed to be used by parents and gives you many options and additional activities to enhance learning. We offer unlimited technical support and an ask-an-expert forum to help ensure your success.

Next, it should be affordable.
Our program, which is used successfully in hundreds and thousands of schools across the nation, is now available for home use, at a fraction of the cost. We want everyone to be able to have access to this powerful reading program that guarantees reading advancement of two-to-five grade levels in only six months!

Time is also a factor - it should not take the home school instructor hours to prepare.
We offer an Online Workshop that can train the parent/instructor in the methodology in just a few hours and give them the confidence and tools to be successful. The manuals take care of all of the preparation and offer detailed instruction with coordinating activities, games, and practice pages to ensure student mastery.

The curriculum should offer independent learning and teach to all kinds of different learning styles.
Our software program allows the student to go at his/her own pace, and automatically administered interim tests ensure that the student is mastering the skills being taught. It takes care of all the guesswork! This program teaches by using all learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

"Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself wins the prize here. A completely non-consumable, reasonably priced, and absolutely clutter-free program. The only supplies you need are a black board or marker board and something to write on it with. The very best part is that most work is done standing up at the blackboard. Active kids love blackboard work-especially the kind of kids who fail with sit-down-and-pay-attention types of phonics programs."

Mary Pride-(Pick of the Crop)
Practical Homeschooling Magazine

"In her book Catholic Education Homeward Bound, co-author Kimberly Hahn recommends Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself for low-level reading instruction. She states: "Hands down, this is the phonics program I recommend. It is userfriendly, telling you what to say and why. It's non-consumable, so you can use it with all your children, lend it to friends the years you don't need it, and still have it for your grandchildren! I highly recommend this resource."

Published by Ignatius Press
Copyright 1996

"We have five daughters and have home schooled for about 17 years. During those years we have tried over 8 phonics programs. I was trying to find one that was easy to teach, useable with all ages, and non-consumable. Two years ago I went to a conference and wandered over to the Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself booth. Since we'd used a curriculum with markings before, I really wanted that in my 'ideal phonics program!' I was immediately impressed with the simplicity of the system. Our 8-year-old commented one day, 'I really understand this. I never understood what you were trying to teach me before.' We are deeply grateful for the Discover Intensive Phonics system as it has ended my search for the 'ideal phonics program.'" I was becoming weary with all the effort!"

Gratefully,
Kristie Swanson

"Let me introduce myself! I am a home schooling mother with nine children in various grades from kindergarten to twelfth grade. I have used many phonics programs over the years before I chose Discover Intensive Phonics as my very favorite. Professional in its scope and sequence, it proceeds clearly without any clutter. This program has a logical order to it without any obscure rules for rarely used words. Each level is practiced perfectly before progressing to the next with a sensible amount of review built in along the way. Facilitating the uniqueness of my children, this special system uses a variety of teaching modes covering all the different learning styles. Using this superior phonics program, they have become excellent readers!

Now for the best part! The HEC computer software program incorporates perfectly the essence of and procedures in the original Discover Intensive Phonics. In our home school, this program is like having another phonics teacher who never tires and is always patient and kind. It wonderfully reinforces what I am teaching. The female voice used for the program is sweet, pleasant, and encouraging. The children find the program interesting and easy to use with each lesson the perfect length for young attention spans. HEC's Reading Horizons Elementary software program has greatly improved our home school and I would heartily recommend this valuable tool."

Karen Petitmermet
Molalla, Oregon